Sufian Anuar

Sufian Anuar
	Sufian Anuar warming up before a MSL match; against Kelantan in March 2014.
Personal information
Full name	Muhammad Sufian bin Anuar
Date of birth	26 August 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Singapore
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
2002–2006	National Football Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006	Home United
2007–2008	Young Lions
2009–2011	Home United
2012	LionsXII
2013	Warriors
2014	LionsXII
2015	Warriors FC
2016–2017	Tampines Rovers FC
Total
International career‡
2010–2012	Singapore
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2014; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 February 2013

Muhammad Sufian bin Anuar (born 26 August 1987) is a former Singapore international footballer who played as a forward.

Sufian spent most of his career times as the team backup striker role.^[1]

Club career

LionsXII

2012 season

In the 2012 season, Sufian joined LionsXII. On 6 March, he scored his first goal of the season, scoring the Lions' second goal in a 3–1 win against FELDA United.^[2] On 20 March, he scored against Selangor at the Jalan Besar Stadium, though the match ended in a 1–1 draw. On 12 May, he scored the Lions' second goal in a 3–3 draw against Kedah. On 16 June, he scored a header from Shaiful Esah's free kick in a 9–0 defeat of Sabah. On 19 June, Sufian scored a late winner against Terengganu away from home. However, the Lions finished league runners-up. Sufian was left out of V. Sundramoorthy's 2013 squad as the Lions added the under-23 squad players to replace the current squad.

2014 season

During the 2014 season, Sufian rejoined the Lions XII squad after team captain Shahril Ishak, Hariss Harun and Baihakki Khaizan left the squad.^[3] However, he could not make the starting line-up as fellow LionsXII striker, Khairul Amri, was first choice under head coach Fandi Ahmad. On 15 April, during the game against Pahang, Sufian replaced the injured Khairul Nizam, and in the dying minutes of the game, he became the second LionsXII player to score a hat-trick, (first was by Hariss Harun during the game against Sabah) as the Lions won 4–1. He scored a total of 4 goals in 21 matches for the club.

2015 season

In January 2015, he rejoined Warriors FC. Despite spending most of his time on the bench, he still managed to score 4 goals in 23 appearances for the club.

2016 season

He joined Tampines Rovers FC to serve as a backup striker for Fazrul Nawaz.

Honours

Singapore U17

Lion City Cup: 2004 ^[4]

LionsXII

Malaysia Super League: 2013
FA Cup Malaysia: 2015

References

^ "Sufian Anuar". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
^ "LionsXII bag another three points to continue winning run". LionsXII. 6 March 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
^ "FAS names 2014 LionsXII squad list". LionsXII. 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
^ Pek, Dan (1 July 2004). "Safe hands, lethal feet". Today. p. 62.

External links

Sufian Anuar at Soccerway

[1] "Sufian Anuar". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

[2] "LionsXII bag another three points to continue winning run". LionsXII. 6 March 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.

[3] "FAS names 2014 LionsXII squad list". LionsXII. 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.

[4] Pek, Dan (1 July 2004). "Safe hands, lethal feet". Today. p. 62.

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